Acts and Regulations

E-1.12 - Education Act

Section 18
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Burden of proof of age of child
18(1)Where
(a) a person is charged with an offence
(i) under section 15 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and fifteen years inclusive, or
(ii) under section 17 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and seventeen years inclusive, and
(b) the child appears to the court to be within those ages,
the child is deemed to be within those ages unless the contrary is proved.
18(2)Repealed: 2021, c.10, s.1
2021, c.10, s.1
Burden of proof of age of child
18(1)Where
(a) a person is charged with an offence
(i) under section 15 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and fifteen years inclusive, or
(ii) under section 17 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and seventeen years inclusive, and
(b) the child appears to the court to be within those ages,
the child is deemed to be within those ages unless the contrary is proved.
18(2)For the purposes of this Act, the reference in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) to seventeen years shall, until July 1, 1999, be read as a reference to fifteen years.
Burden of proof of age of child
18(1)Where
(a) a person is charged with an offence
(i) under section 15 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and fifteen years inclusive, or
(ii) under section 17 in respect of a child who is alleged to be between the ages of five and seventeen years inclusive, and
(b) the child appears to the court to be within those ages,
the child is deemed to be within those ages unless the contrary is proved.
18(2)For the purposes of this Act, the reference in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) to seventeen years shall, until July 1, 1999, be read as a reference to fifteen years.